How a Poetry Collection Masquerading as Buddhist Scripture Nearly Duped the Literary World

How a Poetry Collection Masquerading as Buddhist Scripture Nearly Duped the Literary World

”The lioness’s roars of the ancient nuns have been muffled into sweet new-agey purring.”

By An Tran | February 3, 2021

Against the All-Consuming Archetype of ‘Mom’

Against the All-Consuming Archetype of ‘Mom’

Sarah Langan on the Power of Portraying Mothers as
Whole, Flawed People

By Sarah Langan | February 3, 2021

Ayad Akhtar on the Hollowness of American Exceptionalism

Ayad Akhtar on the Hollowness of American Exceptionalism

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | February 3, 2021

Reading My Way Through a Pandemic with Post-Apocalyptic Literature

Reading My Way Through a Pandemic with Post-Apocalyptic Literature

Maria Andreu: "Books really do prepare you for the worst, even if it’s not always in the way you think."

By Maria E. Andreu | February 3, 2021

Eileen Myles on Approaching Writing Like a Game of Hearts

Eileen Myles on Approaching Writing Like a Game of Hearts

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | February 3, 2021

How Istanbul’s Literature House Bridges a Divide in Contemporary Turkey

How Istanbul’s Literature House Bridges a Divide in Contemporary Turkey

Jan-Peter Westad on Kiraathane and the Power of a Meeting Place

By Jan-Peter Westad | February 3, 2021

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What Richard Wollheim Taught Us About the ‘Finished State’ of a Person

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Sheila Heti on the British Philosopher's Memoir, Germs

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Chang-rae Lee: Bourbon Doesn’t Work For Writer’s Block

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Literary Disco Discusses Shruti Swamy's

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Who Are the Mean Girls<br> in Literature?

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Ellie Eaton Names Caroline Bingely, Vittoria, and Many More

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Why Nature Always Makes for the Best Antagonist

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